Display and dispensing cabinet



March 1, 1949. c. B. HOLM DISPLAY AND DISPENSING CABiNET 2 Sheets-Sheet l Filed Dec. 20, 1944 INVENTOR far/d5. 40

ATTORNEYS Patented Mar. 1, 1949 DISPLAY AND DISPENSING CABINET Carl B. Holm, Englewood, N. J., assignor, by mesne assignments, to International Braid Corp., Fall River, Mass, a corporation of Massachusetts Application December 20, 1944, Serial No. 569,0l

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a display and dispensing cabinet more particularly designed for packages of rolled material such for instance as ladder web and cord which is used upon Venetian blinds, although it will be apparent that reels of other material may be utilized when desired.

At the present time in the small repair shop no orderly arrangement can be provided for ladder web and cord used on Venetian blinds. Rolls of webbing as supplied are separate from each other and are likely to lay about the shop in such a manner that they cannot be readily observed andmust be placed upon some stand or the like in order that material may be drawn from the rolls.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide a cabinet which will contain in an orderly manner all of the usual colors and sizes of Venetian blind ladder web and cord which is used upon Venetian blinds and to afford easy access thereto for dispensing.

Another object of the invention is to display the reeled material while at the same time protecting the material from dirt and foreign matter.

Another object of the invention is to provide an arrangement so that in lifting the cover or window for the replenishing of any exhausted roll of webbing all of the remaining webs and cords will be lifted with the cover from position so as to provide an open free space for access to all of the material.

Another object of the invention is to provide a mounting for each of the rolls of webbing so arranged that the rolls may be individually positioned in the container or removed therefrom, it

being unnecessary to disturb any roll except that one which is to be removed from the cabinet.

Another object of the invention is to provide display of the material contained in the cabinet regardless of the size of roll or amount that a roll has been exhausted.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the cabinet with material therein constructed in accordance with this invention;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the cabinet with the covers in raised position;

Fig. 3 is a plan view of a spool of cord material;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a ladder web roll which is mounted in the cabinet;

2 Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the cabinet with the covers removed;

Fig. 6 is a section on line '6-6 of Fig. 5;

Fig. 7 is a section on line 'l'l of Fig. 5;

Fig. 8 is a fragmental detail on a larger scale of the manner of labeling the cabinet;

Fig. 9 is a fragmental detail illustrating the tape and cord as being slidably held in the part of the cover having a window therein.

In proceeding with this invention I provide some sort of av container and divide the container into a plurality of wells or compartments by means of division walls and utilize these division walls as a mounting means for axles upon which the rolls of tape or cord may be rotatably supported. The compartments are of different shape, one shape being suitable for containing ladder web rolls and the other compartment being suitable for containing cord, both of which are utilized for Venetian blinds. The cord and web material are drawn from the cabinet beneath and along a cover having a window therein that they may be viewed while being protected and this material is so guided along the cover by guides which are mounted on the cover that when the cover is lifted the web and cord material are lifted with the cover so as to completely expose the packages of web material in the container. The cover for the web material is separate from the cover for the cord material. Thus, either of these materials may be selectively exposed.

With reference to the drawings, I0 designates the bottom wall of the cabinet having an upstanding back wall I l and front wall l2 with end walls l3 and [4 providing a generally rectangular housing or container. A longitudinally extending division wall l5 extending from end to end divides the container into a web containing portion l6 and a cord containing portion 11. A top rail l8 extends along the upper edge of this dividing wall l5 and has hinged to it, as at 2|, a closure cover l'9 having a window 20 therein, while another cover 22 is hinged as at 23 to this portion l8 to close the cord portion of the container as illustrated in the showings in Figs. 1, 2, and 7.

The web containing portion l6 of the container is further divided by means of walls 25 into a plurality of pockets 26 while the walls are each grooved from their upper edge downwardly as at 27 for the reception of an axle or pin for the mounting of a roll of ladder web 28 as shown in perspective at Fig. 4. This roll is mounted upon a core 29 having an axle or pin 30 extending from this core on either side with its ends of such size and shape as to fit into the grooves 21 in the walls of the well or pocket 26. In order that I may make grooves 21 of a substantial depth, the grooves are staggered in adjacent pockets such for instance as shown at 21, whereby the grooves 21 are staggered with reference to the grooves 21 in every other pocket.

Ladder web as it is led from each individual roll is designated 3| and extends over a rod or guide 32 extending along and above the division walls 25 and thence through a loop 34 provided on the under side of cover I!) by a tape 33 fastened at intervals therealong at the rear or hinged edge of the cover. A loop 35 is similarlyformed by a tape 36 at the forward edge of the cover so as to guide the webs 3| along beneath but closely adjacent to the glass or window 20. An opening, slot or recess 31 is provided at the upper edge of the front wall |2 so as to'permit the webs to be extended out of the casing without lifting the cover. However, it will be apparent that when the cover is lifted or swung about its hinge 2| the web material which is guided by the under side of the cover will be lifted with the cover. V

The cord portion I! of the casing or container is divided by walls 40 to provide a plurality of compartments 4|, each of a dimension suitable for containing a spool of cord material designated 42 as shown in Fig. 3. This spool consists of heads 44 with trunnions or axle 45 ex- .tending therefrom while the cord'46 is wrapped about a suitable barrel portion on a spool. The spool is mounted by means of grooves 41 in the surface of the walls 40 extending a distance for mounting .a lower spool in the compartment 4| whilegrooves 48 are provided back of and parallel to thegroove 41 but of 'a lesser distance for the mounting of a spool in the upper portion of said compartment. The cords from each of these spools are led forwardly through suitable loops formed by the straps 33 and 36, such as illustrated in Fig. 2, where the cord 46 is shown adjacent to a web 3|. This cord extends through an opening 49 at the upper edge of this wall and then through the loop guides on the under side of the cover.

It is usual that ladder web is supplied in two sizes, that is the webs are of difierent length some to accommodate slats of one width and others to accommodate slats of a different width. A cabinet to have such webs is set up with two webs of the same color but of different sizes of webs adjacent one another with a cord of this same color extending between the two. Ladder web of a different color but in two sizes may form another pair with a cord of this same color extending between the two and so on, there being one color cord for one color web of two sizes.

' To dispense the material in the cabinet provided all of the various ends as at 50 willextend over the upper edge of the front wall |2. A

4 selected one may be grasped and pulled upon to um'eel and draw from the case the desired amount of the material required. As the material is drawn from the case it may be measured in various ways. A convenient coiled tape 5| is shown for this purpose.

In order that a proper labeling giving all desired information may beprovided, the edge of the cover is grooved as at 52 and a suitable card-containing device is inserted and fastened therein for slidably accommodating a card 53, see Fig. 8. The card-containing device may be of any suitable design, that herein shown on the front edge of the cover H! in Figs. 1 and 2 having the longitudinal edge portions bent toward each other to provide spaced recesses in which is received the edges of the card. The card may contain the color, the code number of the size and color, also the width of slat which will be accommodated, and any other information which may be considered necessary to provide upon the case.

I claim:

A display and dispensing cabinet comprising a container having front andback -walls with a dividing wall between, parallel to one of them dividing the container into two compartments, said dividingwall having an opening therein for the passage of strip material from one compartment to the other, a cover for the front compartment having a transparent window therein and guide means on the under side of the cover adjacent its back and front edges, one of said compartments being adapted to house web material, means for rotatably supporting the same in said one compartment, the other of said compartments being adapted to house cord material, means for rotatably supporting the said cord material in said other compartment, the material from the rear compartment passing through the opening in the dividing wall and both materials passing together through the guides on the under side of the cover and beneath said window and thence from the container between the cover and the front wall.

, CARL B. HOLM.

REFERENCES CITED 7 The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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